SWAT team
49
3.9
- noun
- /swɑt tim/
- US
:
unidad SWAT
- Also waiting for a SWAT team now en route...
- a police SWAT team
- SWAT team members
- federal SWAT team
And the day that ended, I got offered a job to train Iraqi SWAT teams with USIS.
- And the day that ended, I got offered a job to train Iraqi SWAT teams with USIS.
- You are a former gun gang and cartel detective and a SWAT team member in Fayetteville, NC.
- And the first one we're looking at is a Utah SWAT team that goes in and tell us what they do.
- So, well, they come and they're the SWAT team comes and it's banging on the door like come out.
- Like you got raided the moment you said yeah, the SWAT team just raids it and just beats the shit out of me.
- He won't give us our documents and we're going to send a SWAT team down there when he's not home.
- And I mean, and you're fucking crushing it now you're already training Huntington Beach SWAT team, which is incredible.
- And then you know, I was in on a Pittsburgh FBI was on that SWAT team.
- You can't have a freaking everybody walk around school with guns and then the SWAT teams come in at the same time.
- And we pull up at the house and they're all getting taken out by a federal SWAT team.
- It helps them get federal grants, it helps them get equipment, it helps them get SWAT teams built up.
- I was, I was afraid like at that point, like Keem's avid supporters would, you know, you know, docks me or do whatever this or that, send in the SWAT team.
- And so we, we had planned with officers assigned downtown, we had the SWAT team nearby in a, in a high crime area near downtown.
- This is in a world where now the SWAT team also has Fortnite skins.
Examples
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In the slum room, we see that a SWAT team has entered.
Fiction book (2001) -
They've called in a SWAT team.
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I am not giving you command of the SWAT team.
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- I think the SWAT team is here.
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It's the first clear shot the SWAT team has had.
Fiction book (1994) -
We got an entire SWAT team upstairs.
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Let's move in with the SWAT team!
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I need a SWAT team, helicopters.
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Meanwhile, cops start arriving, and SWAT team members disperse onto the catwalk as the fight continues.
Fiction book (1994) -
The SWAT team is preparing to enter the building to resolve the hostage situation.
Synonyms
A group of police officers with special training and weapons who handle very dangerous situations like armed suspects or hostages
A police team trained to handle violent, dangerous events like armed standoffs or hostage crises
A police unit trained to handle violent situations like hostage crises and armed standoffs
How Specialized
- US
49
3.9
- US
28
4.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
SWAT + team
The phrase pairs 'team' (a group) with 'SWAT', which many learners could interpret from the verb 'swat' as to strike rapidly, allowing a B1 learner to infer a group that responds quickly to problems. However, the full institutional sense (an acronym denoting a specialized tactical/police unit or a formal rapid-response business unit) is not directly derivable from the constituents, so the connection is only partial.
Etymology
SWAT team comes from police units named SWAT short for 'Special Weapons and Tactics'. These were small, heavily armed groups who moved fast into very dangerous places to rescue people or stop criminals, so the phrase now means a special police group sent to handle armed or violent situations.